Management Lessons From In-N-Out Burger

An excellent book about a cult company.

members-only post Oct 19, 2009 2-min read

I read two books on my recent trip to Las Vegas and Arizona. I reviewed Planet Google recently and I was going to review Stacy Perman's In-N-Out Burger. Color me lazy, but I didn't want to do a proper review for a few reasons:

I like to stay remotely on point in my blog.
I don't have many insightful analyses to offer. It's a great read. End of story.

Rather than review it, I figured that I'd take a different tack. I'd like to draw a few IT project management lessons from the storied burger chain that has achieved a legendary cult following since its inception. Here we go.

Lesson #1: Keep it Simple

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